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A team of researchers at the University of Bristol, UK,  built a set of robot jaws that can chomp on medicated chewing gum just like a human.
Prosthetics and Devices

Delivering drugs through medicated chewing gum could be a game changer.

By Victor Tangermann

The higher state court in Munich, Germany ruled that Tesla's so-called Autopilot mode constitutes false advertising because it's not really autonomous.
Tesla

"Use of the relevant terms creates an expectation... that does not correspond to the actual facts."

By Dan Robitzski

Russian space corporation Roscomosos chief Dmitry Rogozin had no kind words to spare about NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon.
Moon

"It's more of a political project for the US now."

By Victor Tangermann

Security researchers discovered that Golden Tax Invoicing, which is required for doing business in China, contains spyware that grants backdoor access.
Science & Energy

Any company registered in China is required to use the program.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may finally launch in 2021 after having completed its final litany of critical software and electrical systems tests.
Science & Energy

After decades of development, will NASA's largest space telescope finally get off the ground?

By Victor Tangermann

As Mashable points out in a fascinating new story, one spot in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean appears to be getting colder each year instead of hotter.
Climate Change

The Earth will be like "I know a spot."

By Jon Christian

A new AI system named SPOCK (yes, we know) can predict the orbit of distant exoplanets to figure out if they're going to collide.
Artificial Intelligence

It predicts which exoplanets will live — and which are likely to die in a cataclysmic interplanatary collision.

By Dan Robitzski

California governor Gavin Newsom ordered indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, and other entertainment centers to stop immediately.
Developments

"The data suggest not everybody is practicing common sense."

By Victor Tangermann

By hooking up transplant lungs to live pigs, researchers were able to extend their shelf life and even rejuvenate them outside the body.
Studies

Amazingly, the pigs are unharmed.

By Victor Tangermann

New models suggest that the Moon could be 85 million years younger than scientists thought, a development that would clarify some of its mysterious past.
Science & Energy

Good thing its 1,000-kilometer-deep magma ocean had cooled by the time the astronauts showed up!

By Dan Robitzski

New models suggest that Earth's magnetic field, already overdue for a total reversal, could shift faster than we thought.
Science & Energy

We may be in for a wild ride.

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE's upcoming weather satellite launch could help explain what's going on with Mars' bizarre, planet-consuming dust storms.
Mars

It'll basically be a weather station — orbiting Mars.

By Dan Robitzski

Comet NEOWISE has been visible to the naked eye over the weekend. The rare event was captured on camera by amateurs and professionals alike.
Science & Energy

The video from the ISS will blow your mind.

By Victor Tangermann

If there's a fundamental unit of time at the tiniest scales of the universe, it's too small to measure. But scientists found what its upper limit must be.
Physics

Tick, tiick, tiiick, tiiiiiiiii...

By Dan Robitzski

Rather than addressing a deepening health crisis, the Trump Administration has chosen to come out against top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.
Developments

With 134,000 Americans dead, is this a smart reaction to the pandemic?

By Victor Tangermann

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.
Advanced Transport

If this plasma propulsion tech is real, it could change everything.

By Dan Robitzski

A new visualization by SpaceX enthusiast and Twitter user Neopork shows just how much room there is inside Starship's cargo fairing.
Starship

Getting this much cargo into space at a time could be "truly revolutionary."

By Victor Tangermann

Acclaimed musician Kanye West has been hanging out with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a photo the "Jesus Walks" singer posted on Twitter.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: "Kanye’s belief in himself and his incredible tenacity — he performed his first single with his jaw wired shut — got him to where he is today."

By Jon Christian

MIT permanently deleted a massive dataset used for training AI after learning that it was full of racist and sexist slurs.
Artificial Intelligence

An MIT team says they "sincerely apologize" for an AI training database that labeled Black people with the N-word.

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Say They’ve Found the Exact Center of the Solar System
Solar Power

It could help us make vastly better gravitational wave recordings.

By Dan Robitzski